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Legends and myths about trees

Shinboku (lit. tree of God) – Sacred trees where gods dwell in Japanese prehistoric Shintoism

A sacred tree (shinboku) is a tree or forest worshipped as a shintai - a physical object of worship at or near a Shinto shrine, worshipped as a repository in which spirits and deities reside, or where they descend. They are often distinctly visible due to the shimenawa (lit. 'enclosing rope') wrapped around them. Types of sacred trees include evergreen cedar, pine and cleyera japonica (sakaki) that is regarded as a representative sacred tree and is often used in Shinto rituals.

In ancient Shinto, the Himorogi (lit. "divine fence") was considered to be a place where the gods dwelled, or a boundary between the everlasting world and the present world, and was feared and respected. In order to prevent people, things in this world, gods in this world, and things that bring misfortune and evil to this world from easily coming and going, shimenawa were hung as walls, making it a forbidden place.

Generally, the term refers to trees that are regarded as divine or sacred, as well as the guardian forests that surround them and that are not supposed to be cut down.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

神木 (しんぼく) 〜 日本の古神道における神の宿る樹木

神木 (しんぼく)とは、神社や祭壇の近くに祀られている木や森のことで、霊や神さまが宿る場所、神さまが降臨する所とされていた。注連縄が巻かれているため、はっきりと見えることが多い。神木の種類としては、常緑樹の杉や松、榊 (さかき) などがある。 この中でも榊は代表的な神木とされ、神事にも多く使われている。

古神道において神籬 (ひもろぎ) は、神の宿る場所としての神域、または常世 (とこよ) と現世 (うつしよ) の境界考えられ、恐れ敬った。また、現世の人々やもの、常世に存在する神々や現世に災いや不幸をもたらすものが、容易に出入りできないように、結界として注連縄をはり、禁足地とした。

一般的に、神体としての木や神聖視される木、その周りを囲む鎮守の森や、伐採をしないとされる木を指す。

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This fir tree in the Otte Shrine (追手神社) in Tamba-Sasayama, is 35.67 meters tall with a circumference of 7.68 meters. It is a giant fir tree in Japan and is said to be around 500 years old. In the local area, it is referred to as the "Sacred Shrine Forest" and called "Sennen momi", or the fir tree that is more than a thousand years old.

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Shinboku and Shimenawa (Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)

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A sacred cryptomeria tree Shinboku (神木) at Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi. 

A shinboku "sacred tree," also called shinju (神樹) "god tree," is a tree that in Shintõ belief is regarded as sacred. Usually the tree is of enormous size and old age and considered the dwelling place of kami. The felling of these trees is banned under law, but the term can also denote those special trees that are reserved for the building of Shintõ shrines.

Since ancient times certain trees or even entire groves were regarded as sacred. Sacred trees are seen frequently in Japan and are encircled by sacred straw ropes (Shimenawa) and sometimes enclosed by wooden fences. 

Certain specific trees are considered linked to kami, such as the sakaki (Cleyera japonica) and the nagi (Cryptomeria japonica). In the Nihon shõki it states:

"After the expulsion of Takehaya Susano-o-no-Mikoto, the Shintõ god of the sea and storms from the Plain of High Heaven, he descended towards the Korean state of Silla together with his son Itakeru. From there Susano-o sailed to Izumo where he reached the head waters of the river Hi. Here he defeated a large serpent in whose tail he found the famous Ame no habakiri - the Herb-Quelling Sword, which he presented to the sun goddess Amaterasu.

Later, Susano-o says: Korea is a land rich in gold and silver, and the land over which our descendants shall rule will need good treasure ships. Accordingly he pulled out the hairs of his beard and scattered them over the land, where each hair immediately changed into a cedar tree (sugi), In the same way, the hairs from his chest were turned into cypress trees (hi no ki), the hairs from his buttocks into black pines (maki no ki), and the hairs from his eyebrows into camphor trees (kusu no ki).

This work done, Susano-o announced: Use cedar and camphor wood when building ships; use cypress wood when building halls and palaces; use black pine wood for coffins when burying the dead. Tree seeds useful for all these purposes have been sown and have sprouted in the land. Then, three of Susano-o's children, named Itakerau, Õya tsu hime, and Tsuma tsu hime, sowed tree seeds in all corners of the land, until they finally reached Kii province."

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